In conformity with canon law According to recognised or orthodox rules Please see C Name pertaining to the laws of the Christian church In canonical form In the form of a canon canonic Present in a canon of Scripture Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter The property of acting in accordance with a well-defined set of rules or according to a predefined model MPN a canonical book is considered inspired and authoritative and is a part of the rule or standard of faith See 66 Books A polyhedron is canonical if all of its edges are tangent to a unit sphere (ie it is semi-canonical), and the average of all the points of contact between edge lines and the sphere is the centre of the sphere of or relating to or required by canon law appearing in a Biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament" If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have. Ballard's status as a canonical writer conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern" Belonging to some established official group, especially a book that is part of the accepted canon of the Bible The "canonical" Gospels are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John The "Gospel of Thomas" is a non-canonical gnostic text that was not included in the Bible (1) Conforming to the general rules for encoding--that is, not compressed, compacted, or in any other form specified by a higher protocol (2) Characteristic of a normative mapping and form of equivalence specified in Chapter 3, Conformance This term implies that something has been reduced to its simplest form (note that it also has a religious meaning) (adj ) Characteristic of adhering to standard, accepted, or authoritative procedures or principles In a canonical manner in a manner which has been accepted and agreed upon In a canonical manner; according to the canons